#ifndef foomemchunkhfoo
#define foomemchunkhfoo

/* $Id: memchunk.h 1033 2006-06-19 21:53:48Z lennart $ */

/***
  This file is part of PulseAudio.
 
  PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
  License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
  PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
  USA.
***/

#include <pulsecore/memblock.h>

/* A memchunk describes a part of a memblock. In contrast to the memblock, a
 * memchunk is not allocated dynamically or reference counted, instead
 * it is usually stored on the stack and copied around */

typedef struct pa_memchunk {
    pa_memblock *memblock;
    size_t index, length;
} pa_memchunk;

/* Make a memchunk writable, i.e. make sure that the caller may have
 * exclusive access to the memblock and it is not read_only. If needed
 * the memblock in the structure is replaced by a copy. */
void pa_memchunk_make_writable(pa_memchunk *c, pa_memblock_stat *s, size_t min);

/* Invalidate a memchunk. This does not free the cotaining memblock,
 * but sets all members to zero. */
void pa_memchunk_reset(pa_memchunk *c);

#endif
